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Forced peas in pots, G. Wythes 444 



Experiments with tomatoes and potatoes, F. W. Rane 449 



Apple production in Virginia, W. B. Alwood 445 



Growing strawberries in New E^ngland, F. W. Rane 4.50 



Analyses of strawberries, G. W. Shaw 445 



Investigation and improvement of American grapes at the Munson Experi- 

 ment Grounds from 1876 to 1900, T. V. Munson 446 



FORESTRY. 



Progress of forestry in the United States, G. Pinchot 455 



Forest reserves in the United States, H. Gannett 452 



Practical tree planting in operation, J. W. Toumey 452 



The practice of forestry by private owners, H. S. Graves 455 



Pure woods or mixed woods, W. Schlich 453 



Observations on the temperature, growth, and moisture content of various 



trees, W. R. Lazenby 453 



The production of high-class oak, ash, and larch timber, W. Schlich 454 



SEEDS WEEDS. 



Seed selling, seed growing, and seed testing, A. J. Pieters 458 



Twenty-first annual report of the Swiss seed control station at Zurich, F. G 



Stebler, E. Thiele, and A. Volkart 456 



Effect of formaldehyde on the germination of cereals and on smut spores, S. 



David 457 



Canada thistle, L. H. Dewey 458 



DISEASES OF PLANTS. 



Progress in the treatment of plant diseases in the United States, B. T. Galloway. 460 



The diseases of beet seeds and means for combating them, Linhart 458 



Bacteriosis of beet roots, A. Stift 458 



An inquiry into the cause and nature of crown gall, J. W. Toumey 458 



Some citrus troubles, H. H. Hmne 463 



Stigmonose: A disease of carnations and other pinks, A. F. Woods 460 



ENTOMOLOCiY. 



Progress in economic entomology in the United States, L. O. Howard 467 



Report of the division of entomology, L. Bruner 468 



Insect pests 465 



Insect record for 1899, C. M. Weed 468 



The sweet-potato weevil (Cylus formimrii(s) , H. Tryon 465 



Some scale insects upon Kansas grasses, E. A. Popenoe and P. J. Parrott 466 



The forest tent caterpillar, C. M. Weed 466 



Contribution toward a monograph of the American Aleurodida^, A. L. Quain- 



tance 469 



The red spiders of the United States, N. Banks 469 



The crop pest law, W. B. Alwood 467 



Spray calendar '. 470 



FOODS— ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



Development of the nutrition investigations of the Department of Agriculture, 



A. C. True and R. D. Mihier 476 



Cost and composition of bread in Oregon, G. W. >Shaw 476 



The ideal ration for an army in the tropics, E. L. Munson 470 



